Rapid growing huge teratoma: complete surgical resection.

J Thorac Dis

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju-si, Korea.

Published: October 2014

We report successful total resection of a huge mediastinal teratoma. An 11-year-old male underwent chest computed tomography that revealed a 14-cm mediastinal mass occupying the right thoracic cavity. The mass was successfully removed without any postoperative postoperative complication.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4215153PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.05DOI Listing

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